Problem statement

You have been hired to help a school district improve their sustainability. Specifically, they want to know
if there is waste in their utilities, including electric, water, and gas. You will use available data to identify
areas of improvement.

Your task

1. Review the data provided by the school district. Use the spreadsheet template

 provided to record your data, using what you’ve learned from the video lecture.

 Using that template, create graphs to represent the electricity, water, and gas usage of the school
district over the last year. All graphs should be created as line graphs to clearly show you the trends over
time.

1. If you need help making graphs in Excel, please review this resource about line graphs

. If you need help making graphs in Google Sheets, please review this resource about line graphs

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3. Identify any trends you notice and locate any anomalies that could indicate an area of concern.
Explain what those anomalies are in about a paragraph somewhere on your spreadsheet and
what you could do to resolve them.

4. When you are finished, submit your spreadsheet and graphs for review by your peers. You
should also review your peers’ work using the rubric and compare it to what you came up with.
Sustainability is all about working together to find common solutions, so you should always be
learning from others.

5. Go to the next page to review the solution tour provided by an expert sustainability analyst from
the ASU School of Sustainability.

Review criteria

You will review your peers' work using the rubric provided, and your peer will provide you with feedback
as well. You will receive numerical scores and ungraded comments, so examine each review carefully to
determine your areas of strength and areas of improvement.